Table 1 Group comparisons between Non CHD and CHD as median (25-75 percentiles IQR) or percentage.

Sphingomyelin(mg/dl)

40.7(33-50)

47.2(39-58)

<0.001

Age(years)

59(53-67)

64(57-71)

<0.001

BMI

24.7(22-26)

24.4(23-26)

1.0

LVEF(%)

69(64-73)

63(55-70)

<0.001

Fibrinogen(mg/dl)

248(212-307)

294(236-356)

<0.001

HDL-C(mmol/L)

1.1(0.9-1.2)

1.0(0.8-1.2)

<0.001

LDL-C(mmol/L)

2.5(2.0-3.0)

2.6(2.1-3.0)

0.37

TC(mmol/L)

4.3(3.7-5.0)

4.3(3.8-4.9)

0.62

TG(mmole/L)

1.5(1.1-2.0)

1.5(1.1-2.2)

0.35

ApoA-I(g/L)

1.1(1.0-1.2)

1.1(0.9-1.2)

0.60

ApoB(g/L)

0.7(0.6-0.9)

0.8(0.6-0.9)

0.03